On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Olin Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > My choice for President depends on which candidate I think > > will > > address all the issues facing the USA consistent with my values, not > > whether > > or not he has a cool Facebook page. > > Its not whether or not he has a cool Facebbook page -- its whether he can > understand the massive changes in socieity being wrought by computers and > the internet, whether he is going to be a President who honors science and > tries to learn from it, rather than supressing it out of ideologicial and > religious prejudice like the one we have now, whether he is equipped to deal > with a world bound ever tighter by communicantions, by enemies who have > mastered the idea of loose networks bound by technology and of spreading > their world view via the web. Whether he looks outward toward the future > rather than backwards, and whether he can address, for instance, the kinds > of issues of privacy, freedom and the impact of technology that Dr. Brin > addresses. That's why its important that he know how to use a computer. > Comparing it to a "cool facebook page" is the kind of trivial analysis the > media usually does. > > Olin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: William T Goodall<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion<mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 6:49 AM > Subject: Re: Brin: What's in the works? > > > <snippage> Does *anyone* really understand those changes? And what level of computer use is acceptable? Novice? Expert? Should he at least know where the power button is? Jimmy Carter was trained as an engineer on nuclear submarines. Didn't help him at Three Mile Island. john _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
